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Meet the top 6 finalists for the 2023 Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award

Partnership for Public Service

Our 2023 People’s Choice Award top 6 finalists  At the Department of Homeland Security, Senior Advisor Michael Camal spearheaded the Blue Lightning Initiative, a government campaign to help aviation personnel identify potential victims of human trafficking and report their suspicions to law enforcement.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. When it came, in 2009, it was less deadly than expected, but that does not negate the possibility of a highly contagious disease with a case fatality rate equivalent to that of SARS in 2003, namely 10%. US Homeland Security Council 2005.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

In Michigan, land banks are quasi-governmental entities, created pursuant to Michigan’s Land Bank Fast Track Act (Public Act 258 of 2003), and represent rural and urban communities across the state. Cities, townships, counties, and land banks can apply for the grant funding. The total $21.5

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Officers Michael Mays and Daniel Ledman responded to conduct a residence security check. Plaintiffs Jennifer LeMay and Courtney Livingston owned two pit bulls named Ciroc and Rocko, which were service animals for members of the family. Livingston had accidentally triggered the burglar alarm. Eyre , 547 F.3d 3d 707 (7th Cir. 3d 962 (9th Cir.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. Civil protection, when it works, is a form of participatory democracy, in which the citizen has an active stake in his or her own safety and security. I have taught it every year since then.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Additionally, a decade later in 1999, legislated changes were made that included broadening the asset types that could be used as collateral to secure FHLB advances. One such asset type was mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issued by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, collectively known in financial markets as “agency MBS.”

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How to Improve Cybersecurity Through Simplicity

GovLoop

To simplify agency operational environments, Fortinet Federal relies on one tightly integrated cybersecurity mesh platform, Fortinet Security Fabric. Gartner describes a cybersecurity mesh architecture as “a collaborative ecosystem of tools and controls to secure a modern, distributed enterprise.” “We want to make sure that U.S.